by aeca | May 2, 2025 | Advocacy
Last month, all over our state, early educators hosted special events to celebrate the children and families in their communities as part of Arkansas Children’s Week. This month, on May 9th, across the nation, we turn our attention to you — the educators who nurture...
by aeca | May 1, 2025 | Announcements
A Heartfelt Thank You to Arkansas’ Early Childhood Professionals Dear Early Childhood Professionals of Arkansas, As President of the Arkansas Early Childhood Association, I have the privilege of witnessing the remarkable work you do each day, and today I want to...
by aeca | Apr 3, 2025 | Advocacy, Announcements
Senate Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 14) proposes significant cuts that would set the stage to cut billions of dollars in essential programs that support the health, nutrition and economic security of the children and families we serve here in Arkansas, as well as...
by aeca | Apr 1, 2025 | Announcements
Let Them Play: Why Childhood is Not a Race to Academic Achievement In the high-stakes world of modern parenting and early education, we’ve lost sight of a fundamental truth: play is not a luxury for children, but a critical pathway to learning, development, and...
by aeca | Mar 3, 2025 | Announcements
The Architects of Tomorrow: The Vital Role of Women in Early Childhood Education In the bustling early childhood classrooms and family child care homes across the nation, women educators, who comprise over 97% of the early childhood education workforce, are...
by aeca | Feb 3, 2025 | Announcements
Click the picture above to watch the video or click this link. You can read the full transcript below. Hey y’all! Happy February! As we begin to celebrate Black History Month, we stand really at the intersection of passion and practice – which is our focus...
by aeca | Jan 1, 2025 | Announcements
Click the picture above to watch the video or click this link. You can read the full transcript below. Hey y’all! Happy January! I’m so excited to tell you about our focus for 2025. The theme for this year is Uniting Our Purpose: Passion Meets...
by aeca | Dec 1, 2024 | Announcements
Click the picture above to watch the video or click this link. You can read the full transcript below. Hey y’all! Wow! What an amazing year. I wanted to thank you so much for your membership in AECA and for your help in making this year and its theme – Linking...
by aeca | Nov 26, 2024 | Announcements
Giving Tuesday is next week – a global generosity movement, unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world. Members of AECA and other Arkansas supporters of early childhood education are transforming children and...
by aeca | Nov 13, 2024 | Announcements, WAGE$
November 13, 2024 Over the past two and one-half years, AECA has been excited and honored to support our ECE workforce through the Step Up to WAGE$ program. Since 2022, $9.2 million in wage supplements have been paid to eligible child care professionals who work...
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